Apple iPod touch 8 GB (1st Generation) OLD MODEL
by Apple Computer
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Customer Review: Great Design - Poor Performance
Summary: 2 Stars
The touch-screen and colors on the Ipod touch are superb.
This is where the great story comes to an end and makes me cling onto my 4G and 5G Ipod's for performance.
The user interface is sluggish and the time lag to response irritating.
The Wi-Fi is so slow even when i stand on top of my DSL wireless router that it is waste of time to even try and check your email or surf any websites.
What make things worse is that 2 of the keys on the "Virtual Keyboard" simply do not work. These are the 5 Key and R key. I am perplexed as every time i try and attempt this input with vertical or horizontal screen orientation the input character is the adjacent key. Therefore it is usually impossible for me to login to my Gmail. It may be a defect on the screen of just my unit - but i dont know if this is the case or whether the OS of the Touch is flawed.
The sound quality is decent, but a lot needs to be done to get this Ipod to work fast , reliably and without input issues.
Performance is as important as looks when you pay so much for a device.
Customer Review: May Become an Apple Convert
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, always thought the Apple devotion was more cult than substance. Must reconsider. With iTouch, Apple got the interface not just right but a took a big step past the competition. Forget the excellent video and sound quality, it's simply an aesthetic pleasure to use it (and look at it). With the 8 gig model, I have on board tons of podcasts, several audiobooks, perhaps 20 albums, and a half dozen full-length movies. Yah, with 16 gigs could double that but do I really need to: iTunes software makes it easy to load what I want for the next trip. By the way, video's from DVD's have acceptable quality when output to TV -- not HD but certainly viewable. (For video out, I rip DVD's to MPEG4 for the iTouch at 640 x 480, twice the pixel dimensions needed by the iTouch. Unlike other, earlier video-capable iPods, if you want to deliver video to another device, do have the annoyance of having to pay big bucks to purchase the Apple connecting hardware because of proprietary design/embedded chip of the video/out feature on the iTouch.)Customer Review: Excellent, Impressive, Innovative!
Summary: 5 Stars
This product has it all. Wifi web browsing, Youtube, Itunes built in, Music, Video etc. I must admit that it does indeed lack in terms of memory since it only holds 8GB of media. Nonetheless, I believe the innovative touch screen more than makes up for this flaw. If you are a buyer who requires significant memory to hold your thriving media library, I wouldn't recommend the itouch. However, if you own an average media library that you don't mind rationing and changing on the Itouch to songs and videos you will listen to/view at that time, those most current for you, then this is for you. There will be and have been a lot of products that try to mimic the interface of the itouch/iphone but none match the versatility and ease of this product. I mean, quite frankly, this piece is absolutely magnificent. It feels solid and no other mp3 player/video player has the ability to scroll through screens and menus w/ the flick of a finger. This is an awesome product and worth every penny if you can deal w/ the memory!Customer Review: Very pleased with this one
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my first MP3 player of any type. I've wanted one for quite a spell but with "old eyes" I had a lot of trouble reading the screens without my reading spec's on. The ITouch solved the problem. The screen is large, well lit and easy to see, yet the unit is sleek and fits easily into a shirt pocket. I wanted the ipod for music and ebooks and this one has plenty of capacity for my needs. I find the menu's and control features easy to use and the battery life adequate for my needs. All in all I am happy with the Apple ITouch, 8gb, MP3 player. I gave the unit a 4 rating only because I felt that apple should have provided some sort of carrying case with the unit.
UPDATE: Apple has come out with some additional features for the touch..only cost ya $20. None of them interest me, but when you press no thanks, the site doesnt recognize it and seems to feel you have made some sort of error. So everytime I plug my touch into the computer I have to read the ad again. Small thing, but annoying as hell.
Customer Review: Fantastico
Summary: 5 Stars
Bueno, voy a ser muy corto. Hace 5 días compré mi IPT de 8G y bueno, como por variar, el estilo que el Sr. Jobs acostumbra colocar en TODOS sus productos, simplemente está empacado como toda una joya, se puede comparar su embalaje con un reloj Cartier sin temor a exagerar, no hay nada mas que decir.
Con respecto al producto les puedo decir que básicamente es una palm al estilo Mac, esto a pesar que el mismo Sr. Jobs ha colocado muchas restricciones en las aplicaciones que se pueden correr en el iPod, lo que equivale a tener un Ferrari con un limitador de velocidad a las 20 mph, pero muy seguramente esto a las buenas o las "malas" tendrá que cambiar.
La interface es completamente intuitiva, nada oculto, todo literalmente al alcance de un dedo y ademas es preciosa.
Bueno, espero que este pequeño resumen les pueda ayudar a tomar la decision de compra de este MAGNIFICO producto.